5+ day, 43+ min ago   (405+ words) Why is that? There’s harm due to alleged lost programming and tweaked guest bookings. The proposed plaintiffs and intervenors are Frequency Forward, a self-described “public interest watchdog” intent on “holding the FCC accountable” and the Media Action Center, which has…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (61+ words) Meet the FCC’s New Chief Enforcer Radio & Television Business Report Effective immediately, Patrick Webre is no longer the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau Chief. That’s because he will now take a senior role in the Office of Managing Director at the Commission....

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (214+ words) For the past two years, the amount owed to the Federal Communications Commission from AM and FM radio station owners for the right to use public spectrum has gone down. That ends this year: the FCC said no to requests…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (105+ words) Public Interest Groups Seek To Join ABC In FCC Fight Radio & Television Business Report WASHINGTON, D.C. — A pair of progressive political action groups, along with a collection of viewers of ABC stations, have filed a Motion to Intervene as plaintiffs alongside…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (287+ words) AliKhan was not swayed by the request. Hours later, she issued a “Minute Order,” in which she plainly ordered the FCC to file their opposition to ABC/Disney’s motion for a Temporary Restraining Order and any motion to dismiss the…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (67+ words) FCC Grants Cumulus Bankruptcy Emergence Plans, With Promises Radio & Television Business Report The FCC has granted Cumulus Media‘s petition for reorganization under a voluntary Chapter 11 filing that received a federal bankruptcy judge’s approval in mid-April. To get the Carr…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (169+ words) Foxy Move: Carr Disses ABC For ‘Meritless’ Court Fight Radio & Television Business Report In the not-so-distant past, a sitting Commissioner — let alone a Chairman — of a federal agency wouldn’t likely go on a nationally distributed media outlet to offer comments…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (125+ words) For Wieser, ‘Strong Commitments’ Are An Incomplete Upfront Tale Radio & Television Business Report Why are the Upfronts still a thing? It’s a question that’s been asked numerous times over the last decade, as some companies (in particular in the U....

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (90+ words) FCC’s Gómez Hails ABC Lawsuit, Injunction Ask Radio & Television Business Report WASHINGTON, D.C. — The FCC’s lone Democratic votemaker has cheered the filing in D.C. Circuit Court on Tuesday of a lawsuit against the Commission by The Walt Disney…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (189+ words) American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., the Disney-owned unit that houses ABC Owned Stations and the ABC Television Network, has sued the Federal Communications Commission in response to its decision to impose early license renewals on the company’s broadcast TV properties. As…...